Diets, exercise, finances. These are the typical, dull ambitions we set as New Year's resolutions, only to set ourselves up for disappointment soon after. Before writing that clichéd list of goals, take a note from the young and less jaded. Kids have...

2013 was a big year for Miley Cyrus and her tongue, for better or worse, so it seems only fitting that the tongue made several appearances in different variations on the final day of the year during ABC's Dick Clark New Year's Rockin' Eve party. View...

New Year's Eve may seem anti-climatic for some -- all that prep and only a 10-second countdown to show for it. So instead, celebrate New Year's Eve all day long by joining in on 2014 celebrations from around the world (from the comfort of your comput...

Thanks to cinematic fantasy and Ryan Seacrest, your New Year's Eve expectations have never been more unrealistic. Every year, you trick yourself into thinking this will finally be the evening that you attend a party that's straight out of The Great G...

If you're like me, you're probably wondering where the past year went. You probably feel a sense of accomplishment about the things you did -- and you should! But there are probably other things that you didn't get to and wish you had. It's true that...

The Federal Communications Commission on Thursday voted to end a ban on in-flight calls, but Congress and the U.S. Department of Transportation are considering proposals that could make that irrelevant. FCC Chairman Tom Wheeler said at the hearing Th...

With Christmas music spilling from doorways and leafy surfaces everywhere wrapped in festive lights, it's only natural to begin thinking about what 2014 will bring. The past year gave us political milestones like October's government shutdown and the...

You may have Jazzercised or Zumbaed your way into 2013, riding high on the fumes of ambitious New Year's resolutions. Now, a week into the new year, you may already be feeling more couch potato than Richard Simmons. But rather than squeeze your way b...

Somewhere, the spirit of Dick Clark is shaking his head while watching this local TV station destroy New Year's celebrations. This poor Los Angeles station was simply over having to follow Eastern Standard Time rules and ring in the new year three ho...

Today marks the official kick off to a skinnier, happier, talented new you. Or at least until February. Find the inspiration to pursue your New Year's resolution with help from a few goal-oriented cats demonstrating the 10 most common resolutions. Or...

The calendar says January 1st, which means there's an 82.4 percent chance you have a nasty hangover. Did you try the Pepto-Bismol, ginger ale, chia seed, pickle juice cocktail (don't try that at home, kids) and still feel like your head got crushed b...

Ringing in 2013 properly requires a few things: bottom-shelf champagne, "I survived the apocalypse" t-shirts, excessive sequins and -- most importantly -- New Year's resolutions that may or may not last beyond February. SEE ALSO: Rock Your New Year's...

We still have more than half a day before it's 2013 here on the East Coast of the United States -- but from Sydney to Tokyo, people have already begun welcoming the New Year. To help celebrate the end of 2012 and welcome 2013, Mashable is collecting ...

Should old acquaintances be forgot? Not this year, no. Actually, not any year. Bring on the Auld Lang Syne! Sing the traditional folk classic and holiday staple from the rooftops or in front of the neighbor's house. Or keep to yourself, and record a ...

What are you going to be doing at the stroke of midnight next Tuesday, as 2012 shuffles off the stage and 2013 bursts upon the scene? Well, if Facebook has anything to do with it, you'll be sending out congratulatory New Year's messages to all your f...

Making resolutions is easy. Keeping them is the hard part. If you made promises to yourself on New Year's Day, you may well have discovered (or rediscovered) that fact already. But as with so many tasks in modern life, there are now apps and online t...

Fans of Google Doodles -- the charming illustrations and re-imaginations of "Google" that appear on the site's main page -- can get an early look at the company's New Year's doodle with a little smart thinking and a foreign domain URL. Google has pos...

What a week in Twitterdom! A good mix of news and world events managed to dislodge some of the trending mainstays for a more interesting list of topics. New Year's Eve took the cake, of course, as revelers around the world sidestepped that midnight k...

We've certainly seen our fair share of clever social media costumes before, but if you plan to leave the house in web-themed attire, for the love of Google, know your audience. This comic was illustrated by Kiersten Essenpreis, a New York-based artis...

We are mere days away from 2011, and still happily ensconced in the holiday madness of 2010. This jolly season, which usually kicks off at Halloween, is a fast-moving fog of candy, cookies, cards and frenzy at the malls. It is also hopefully full of ...

Mollie Vandor is the product manager for Ranker.com where she likes to make lists about reading, eating and bad-TV-watching. She's also the media director for Girls in Tech LA. You can find her on Twitter @Mollierosev and on her blog. Whether you're ...

Adding new members at a rate of 700,000 per day, Facebook doesn't need to advertise. So what's up with that big billboard in Times Square? The social network is currently running an electronic billboard that promotes Facebook Places at One Times Squa...

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